International Hockey Wiki:About

The International Hockey Wiki is a website that aims to be a comprehensive database on hockey around the world. Information on leagues, teams, players, hockey-playing countries, and international competitions involving club and national teams is all featured on here. Much of the data found on the wiki is not available anywhere else on the Internet.

Areas of Coverage

These are the main areas covered on the wiki:

• The history of hockey in every country, American state, and Canadian province and territory
• International competitions in all eras
• European teams, leagues, arenas and seasons in all eras
• Asian, African, South American, and Oceanic hockey
• World/European Championship and Olympic Games players who competed prior to 1950
• National Hockey League teams and seasons
• All Canadian seasons regardless of level up to 1920, and select ones thereafter
• All American seasons regardless of level up to 1945
• All American amateur seasons after 1945
• American college hockey from 1895-1971
• Select North American teams

For additional coverage of American and Canadian seasons from other areas, and more articles on leagues, teams, players, coaches, and arenas, please visit our partner website, the Ice Hockey Wiki.

Users

For quality control purposes, account creation and anonymous editing are disabled. Admin is the founder, head administrator, and webmaster of the International Hockey Wiki, and is responsible for the creation of the content on the website.

Contact

If you have any questions, comments, wish to share information you have, or have noticed an error that needs correcting, please write to internationalhockeywiki@gmail.com. We gladly accept any information contributions, and will make every effort to use the content. If desired, the info can be credited on each page it is used on.

Credits

The following individuals, by graciously and generously sharing their time and knowledge, have been instrumental in the construction of this repository.

• Franco Beffa - European standings and results
• Marc Branchu - European hockey
• Jan Casteels - Belgian hockey history
• Mick Chambers - British hockey history
• Martin Harris - British hockey history
• Patrick H. - Early European competitions, pre-World War II players & Romanian results
• Stephan Müller - German hockey history
• Ernie Fitzsimmons - Maritimes hockey history

Resources

A wealth of information on the history and development of worldwide hockey exists both online and in print. Some of the resources that have been the most valuable are listed below.

Online

• HockeyArchives - One of the most complete and definitive online resources for past European results
• SFRP's Hockey Archive - A worldwide hockey archive with a special focus on the Czech Republic
• Eurohockey.com - As its name implies, this site is packed with information on the European game
• EliteProspects - Another terrific resource for hockey across the globe, past and present
• Ice Hockey Wiki - Features over 84,000 ice hockey articles, with a special focus on Canadian amateur hockey
• HockeyDB - One of the original stats sites, HockeyDB features a wealth of information, especially on North American hockey
• International Hockey Forums (archived link) - A forum devoted to international hockey, that went offline in 2020
• HFBoards - the leading ice hockey discussion forum, which has an active "History of Hockey" subforum
• Society for International Hockey Research - The SIHR features an enormous Players Database, an Origins Database, and plenty of other information as well
• Wikipedia - WikiProject Ice Hockey - The Ice Hockey WikiProject of Wikipedia features over 30,000 ice hockey articles
• Czech Hockey Archives (formerly avlh.sweb.cz) - Lots of stats from the Czech Republic and Czechoslovakia
• Hockeyarenas.net - A very thorough database of ice hockey arenas around the world
• National Teams of Ice Hockey - As its name suggests, this site features info on national teams from around the world]
• HC Bohemians History Site - Provides a very good overview of hockey in and around Prague during the 1930s and 1940s
• RegioWiki - A plethora of information on hockey in Austria and Austria-Hungary prior to 1938
• A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey (archived link) - Went offline in 2016, but boasted a large database of encyclopedia-like entries
• Dutch Hockey Archives (archived link) - This website, which went offline in 2022, detailed the history of Dutch hockey from both an anecdotal and historical perspective, dating back to 1891
• TYSC Trappers History Site - Another comprehensive resource for hockey in the Netherlands, focusing especially on the venerable Trappers club
• HockeyArchives (Russian) - A Russian-language database containing statistical information on hockey in the old Soviet Union and its successor states
• Glasgow Dynamos History Site - This website, detailing the history of the Dynamos club, has some valuable details from the 1960s and 1970s
• Ice Legends Australia - An Australian hockey archive containing results, stories, and pictures of the game over the years
• Hochei.net - Archived website with Romanian tables going back to 1945-46
• 120 jaar bandygeschiedenis in Nederland - History of Dutch bandy dating back to 1891
• Legends of Hockey - Information on international hockey
• Ice-Hockey-Stat - a Russian-language forum with lots of stats and results
• Sporditulemused - Estonian sports website featuring many old results
• Hockeytime.net - A website packed with information on Italian hockey, past and present
• Rhode Island Hockey Legacy Rhode Island Hockey Legacy - A site on the history of hockey in Rhode Island
• New Hampshire Legends of Hockey - A site with information on hockey in New Hampshire
• Vintage Minnesota Hockey - This website is filled with info on the history of hockey in Minnesota
• Ilves-Historia - History of the Ilves hockey team

Magazines

• Der Eishockeysport - official publication of the Austrian Federation
• Ice Hockey World - British hockey magazine edited by Robert Giddens. 542 issues released between 1935-1940 and 1946-1958.
• Ice Hockey Herald - British hockey magazine edited by Bernard Stocks. 52 issues published between 1968-1973.
• Japan Ice Sports Report - produced at least from 1954-1963

Newspaper Archives

These online newspaper archives feature numerous newspapers that have been consulted as this site has been built. Papers found on these sites are not included in the list of newspapers below.

• Newspapers.com - has access to tons of American and Canadian papers
• NewspaperArchive.com - Many American and Canadian papers are found here too
• GenealogyBank - Some American papers can be consulted here
• British Newspaper Archive - Features lots of papers from England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland
• Banq Numerique - Quebec newspaper archive
• Naver News Library - Korean newspaper archive

Newspapers

This list is not exhaustive, but makes every effort to include all major papers consulted.

• Aamulehti
• ABC Madrid
• Abo Underrattelser
• Adevarul
• Aftenbladet
• Aftenposten
• Allgemeine Sport-Zeitung
• Algemeen Handelsblad
• Arbeiter-Zeitung
• Asahi Shimbun
• Bergens tidende
• Bottineau Courant
• Brünner Abendblatt
• Cape Breton Post
• Charlottetown Guardian
• Curentul
• Czas
• Czernowitzer Allgemeine Zeitung
• Czernowitzer Deutsche Tagespost
• Czernowitzer Morgenblatt
• Dagens Nyheter
• Dagur
• Der Oberschlesische Wanderer
• Edinburgh Evening Dispatch
• Eesti Spordileht
• El Informador
• El Liberal
• El Mundo Deportivo
• El Siglo futuro
• El Sol
• Fort William Journal
• Fredericton Daily Gleaner
• Freiburger Zeitung
• Fremden-Blatt Wien
• Gardista
• Gazeta Lwowska
• Glasgow Evening News
• Glasgow Evening Times
• Glasgow Herald
• Greenwood Ledge
• Haarlem's Dagblad
• Harbor Grace Standard
• Helsingin Sanomat
• Herning Avis
• Het Handelsblad
• Hrvatsko Jedinstvo
• Hufvudstadsbladet
• Kurjer Wilenski
• Japan Chronicle
• Japan Times
• Jaunākās Ziņas
• Journal de Bruxelles
• Jutro
• København
• L'Independance Belge
• La Derniere Heure
• La Nacion
• La Nation Belge
• La Stampa
• La Voz
• Libausche Zeitung
• Littoriale
• Le Figaro
• Le Matin
• Le Nouveau Journal
• Le Peuple
• Le Soir
• Le Vigntieme Siecle
• Les Sports
• Leadville Herald Democrat
• Lidove noviny
• Lietuvos aidas
• Lietuvos sportas
• Lietuvos žinios
• Luxemburger Wort
• Manchester Union Leader
• Manchuria Daily News
• Marquette Mining Journal
• Minot Daily News
• Moncton Times & Transcript
• Moravska orlice
• Morgunblaðið
• Muskegon Chronicle
• Musu Cina
• Napi Hírek
• Narodni listy
• Narodni politika
• Nashua Telegraph
• Nationaltidende
• Nelson Daily News
• Nemzeti Sport
• Népsport
• North China Standard
• Ny Tid (Aalborg)
• Oregonian
• Otago Daily Times
• Päevaleht
• Polonia
• Pommersche Zeitung
• Pondeljeski Slovenec
• Port Arthur Chronicle
• Postimees
• Prager Abendblatt
• Prager Tagblatt
• Prager Zeitung
• Press (Christchurch)
• Press of Atlantic City
• Providence Journal
• Przeglad Sportowy
• Rand Daily Mail
• Referee
• Rigasche Post
• Rigasche Rundschau
• Reichenberger Zeitung
• Rytas
• Saint John Telegraph-Journal
• Seattle Daily Times
• Seoul Press
• Silesia
• Slovak: politicky a spolocensky casopis
• Slovak pondelnik
• Slovenski narod
• Socialdemokrats
• Social-Demokraten
• Sporthirlap
• Sportkiadás
• Sporto naujienos
• Sporto tribūna
• SportTagblatt
• Sportul Popular
• Sport-Világ
• Sporting Globe
• Springfield Daily News
• St. John's Evening Telegram
• Strādnieku Sports un Sargs
• Tammerford Aftonblad
• Temiskaming Speaker
• The Age
• The Argus
• The Daily Record and Mail
• The Evening Times
• The Scotsman
• The Sydney Morning Herald
• The Times
• Universul
• Uusi Suomi
• Vreme
• Waba Maa
• Welt Blatt Wien
• Western Star (Corner Brook)
• Yomiuri Shimbun

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• Giddens, Robert (1949). Ice Hockey World Annual 1949-50. 
• Giddens, Robert (1950). Ice Hockey World Annual 1950-51. 
• Giddens, Robert (1951). Ice Hockey World Annual 1951-52. 
• Giddens, Robert (1952). Ice Hockey World Annual 1952-53. 
• Giddens, Robert (1953). Ice Hockey World Annual 1953-54. 
• Drackett, Phil (1954). Ice Hockey Annual 1954-55. 
• Drackett, Phil (1955). Ice Hockey Annual 1955-56. 
• Stocks, Bernard. The Ice Hockey Herald Annual. Published in Glasgow annually from 1968-69 to 1972-73.
• Roberts, Stewart. The Ice Hockey Annual. Published annually since 1976-77.
• Wade, Gordon. Ice Hockey Facts and Figures Book. Published in Southampton annually from 1987-88 to 1992-93.
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• Harris, Martin C. (2005). Homes of British Ice Hockey. 
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• Müller, Stephan (2005). International Ice Hockey Encyclopaedia 1904–2005. Germany: Books on Demand. ISBN 3-8334-4189-5. 
• Müller, Stephan (2000). Deutsche Eishockey Meisterschaften. Print on Demand. ISBN 3-8311-0997-4. 
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